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Message-ID: <YnvrxICnisXU6I1y@ravnborg.org>
Date:   Wed, 11 May 2022 19:00:52 +0200
From:   Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
To:     Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org,
        linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Thomas Zimmermann <tzimmermann@...e.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Jens Frederich <jfrederich@...il.com>,
        Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton@...il.com>,
        linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>,
        Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>,
        Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>,
        Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>,
        Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>,
        Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v5 7/7] fbdev: Make registered_fb[] private to fbmem.c

Hi Javier.

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 01:32:30PM +0200, Javier Martinez Canillas wrote:
> From: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> 
> Well except when the olpc dcon fbdev driver is enabled, that thing
> digs around in there in rather unfixable ways.
> 
> Cc oldc_dcon maintainers as fyi.

Another way to fix this is to mark FB_OLPC_DCON and add a TODO entry to
fix this. We are really not supposed to carry such special code around
to keep staging working.

I know this may not be a popular viewpoint, but just look at the ugly
workarounds required here.

	Sam


> 
> v2: I typoed the config name (0day)
> 
> Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Cc: Jens Frederich <jfrederich@...il.com>
> Cc: Jon Nettleton <jon.nettleton@...il.com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: linux-staging@...ts.linux.dev
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...el.com>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
> Reviewed-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@...ll.ch>
> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@....de>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>
> Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.sakura.ne.jp>
> Cc: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen@...wei.com>
> Cc: Alex Deucher <alexander.deucher@....com>
> Cc: Xiyu Yang <xiyuyang19@...an.edu.cn>
> Cc: linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@...il.com>
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Signed-off-by: Javier Martinez Canillas <javierm@...hat.com>
> ---
> 
> (no changes since v1)
> 
>  drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c | 8 ++++++--
>  include/linux/fb.h               | 7 +++----
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> index 265efa189bcc..6cab5f4c1fb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> +++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c
> @@ -50,10 +50,14 @@
>  static DEFINE_MUTEX(registration_lock);
>  
>  struct fb_info *registered_fb[FB_MAX] __read_mostly;
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(registered_fb);
> -
>  int num_registered_fb __read_mostly;
> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FB_OLPC_DCON)
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(registered_fb);
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(num_registered_fb);
> +#endif

It is stuff like this I refer to as "ugly" in the comment above.

	Sam